Brewers at Mets, Opening Day

Some nice small ball baseball in the 5th. Monasterio walks, Chourio singles to right field to move him to third, followed by a Contreras sac fly.

Yelich singles again and is 3 for 3 with a home run.

Last year he started the year 3 for 14 and didn't homer until his 61st at bat.

Freddie Peralta went 6 innings, allowed only two base runners, 1H, 1ER and 8K. Not too shabby!

Benches clearing at Citi  

There is no fight in the Mets, buy stock in Beer and Cheese.     

@skully posted:

Benches clearing at Citi 

https://sports.yahoo.com/see-b...ewers-200936498.html

With the Mets down 3-1 in the top of the eighth inning to the Milwaukee Brewers on Opening Day, the benches for both teams cleared after Rhys Hoskins slid into...

I like it. It's about time this team shows a little fire and sticks up for themselves.  Somebody on the Brewers will probably get plunked tomorrow or Sunday.  Let's hope it's not Yelich or Contreras.

Looks like the Brewers are using a youth movement much like the Packers are.  12 of the Opening Day  Roster players saw the game as their 1st time on an Opening Day Roster.  That is almost half of the players.

@mrtundra posted:

Freddie Peralta went 6 innings, allowed only two base runners, 1H, 1ER and 8K. Not too shabby!

You expect Peralta to be good. It's the next 4 in the rotation that are complete unknowns: DL Hall, Colin Rea, Jakob Junis, and Joe Ross.

DL Hall has a chance to be good. He's 25 years old with some upside. I'm excited to see him pitch.

Rea, Junis, and Ross are all cheap, veteran journeymen who have never really been any good in their previous stops.

Rea is almost 34 years old and is 14-14 in his career with a 4.74 ERA and 1.28 WHIP.

Junis is 31 years old with a 4.64 career ERA and a WHIP of 1.34 and a career record of 38-45.

Ross is almost 31 and is 26-28 with a 4.26 ERA in his career.

If you had one of those 3 as your 5th starter or had them in long relief you'd be OK. Instead, they are 60% of the Brewers rotation.

I'd rather have some of the younger pitchers come up and get some experience than see these guys struggle to keep their ERAs under 5 this year.

https://www.mlb.com/news/mets-...des-into-jeff-mcneil

A legal major league play. No malicious intent to injure. Good slide....don't want to see anyone get hurt and nobody was. Play ball!!